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This wikiHow teaches you how to find the approximate geographical location of an IP address. To trace an IP address, you'll first have to find the IP address.

Steps

Method1

Using WolframAlpha

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Find the IP address that you want to trace. You can find a website's IP address on Windows, Mac, iPhone, and Android platforms.

Enter the IP address that you found. For example, if you wanted to trace Facebook's IP address, you would type 157.240.18.35 into the search bar.

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Press ↵ Enter. Doing so will search for the IP address' geographical details.

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Review the results. WolframAlpha will typically show things like the type of IP address, the address' Internet Service Provider (e.g., Comcast), and the city in which the IP address is currently active.

You can click More to the right of the "IP address registrant:" heading to view information about the registered city.

How do I find out someone's IP address when they're connected to my WiFi network?

Community Answer

If someone is on your WiFi network, then they'll have the same IP address as everyone else on that network since your router is what gives you that external IP. (Every individual device does have its own IP address, but when connected to WiFi, an external address is given via the router.)

It can, if you set a static IP address for a given device. If not, then your router assigns it an IP address using DHCP. DHCP has what's known as a lease time, after which a device may be assigned a new address. Your network also has a public IP address, which it uses to connect to the internet. This generally does not change.

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